eh pros, this picture here doesn't look sharp, it's taken with 350D attached to 100mm - 300mm long lens, shot at focal length 290mm, F5.6 and 1/60sec.
is it canon's softness, motion blur, oof or what?
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/127/334085045_4bbd25e42a_o.jpg
i often get results like this so i really need to know what is the problem and how i can make it sharper in-camera.
Nikon is better ? IMO Olympus is sharper than Nikon due to better color fidelity..
Handshake...
1/60 is a tad bit too slow for this length.
You shoot through fencing of course not sharp lah.
no leh.. it wasn't through fence.. it was right infront of me with nothing inbetween..
eh pros, this picture here doesn't look sharp, it's taken with 350D attached to 100mm - 300mm long lens, shot at focal length 290mm, F5.6 and 1/60sec.
is it canon's softness, motion blur, oof or what?
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/127/334085045_4bbd25e42a_o.jpg
i often get results like this so i really need to know what is the problem and how i can make it sharper in-camera.
oic... the squarish bokeh behind lead me to believe you are shooting fence. Focus is pretty OK as you can see the eyes relatively sharp as compared to the other parts of body.
As for the second pic... can see stray hairs on the back of the body liao.. how sharp you want? :sweat:
use a monopod.. please! high ISO introduces noise which generally decreases the 'sharpness'. try taking an object at ISO100 and ISO1600, scrutinize it and see for yourself.
Image Quality Optimization Tips
Consider the use ofin-camera sharpening:
If you shoot JPEGs and you wish to reduce or eliminate the need for post-processing in
order to speed up your workflow, you mayfind that increasing the level of in-camera
sharpening is effective.
Apply post-process sharpening effectively:
Canon EOS digital cameras have an anti-aliasing filter installed on the image sensor.
This filter improves color rendition and practically eliminates moiré. The liability is a
slight reduction of sharpness. To reduce the softening effect of the anti-aliasing filter we
recommend applying an unsharp mask to the image in Adobe®Photoshop®. Although
there is no such thing as a best setting for all applications, we suggest the following
as a starting point:
Amount: 300%
Radius: 0.3 pixels
Threshold: 0 pixels
This para was extracted from the website below.
http://photoworkshop.com/canon/EOS_Digital_Ref.pdf
Hope it shed some lights into diff between canon and nikon.
which lens are u using?
hihi dude
it's normal for you to feel the softness.
you switched from compact to dSLR right ?
compact cameras have automatic sharpening in-cam.
that means photos come out sharp without processing.
for dSLR, most of the time they leave the sharpening for post-processing by you and leave it as shot with minimal in-cam processing.
and i have tried canon 350D, when paired with a decent lens like the 70-200L, the photos come out looking pretty sharp. the kit lens is pretty disappointing when used wide open, used a smaller aperture for better images.
hope this helps, btw, i'm a nikon user now.
hi bro,
i've got a 400d too and most of my pics are sharp enough before PP. just feel that the cam is not too good at AF even with all the 9 point stuff at all. been resorting to manual quite often, especially at low light or complicated pics. so maybe you can check that. sometimes if the viewfinder dirty or diopter is out u can get a systematic error when u focus also. mild cam shake can also look "soft". see if u can rule out any of these simple things before u look for any other more major probs with such a nice cam
cheers
Well said.general public won bother most of the time. its us the photographers that will print a 8R photo and look at it at 5cm and complain not very sharp!
eh pros, this picture here doesn't look sharp, it's taken with 350D attached to 100mm - 300mm long lens, shot at focal length 290mm, F5.6 and 1/60sec.
is it canon's softness, motion blur, oof or what?
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/127/334085045_4bbd25e42a_o.jpg
i often get results like this so i really need to know what is the problem and how i can make it sharper in-camera.
Image Quality Optimization Tips
Consider the use ofin-camera sharpening:
If you shoot JPEGs and you wish to reduce or eliminate the need for post-processing in
order to speed up your workflow, you mayfind that increasing the level of in-camera
sharpening is effective.
Apply post-process sharpening effectively:
Canon EOS digital cameras have an anti-aliasing filter installed on the image sensor.
This filter improves color rendition and practically eliminates moiré. The liability is a
slight reduction of sharpness. To reduce the softening effect of the anti-aliasing filter we
recommend applying an unsharp mask to the image in Adobe®Photoshop®. Although
there is no such thing as a best setting for all applications, we suggest the following
as a starting point:
Amount: 300%
Radius: 0.3 pixels
Threshold: 0 pixels
This para was extracted from the website below.
http://photoworkshop.com/canon/EOS_Digital_Ref.pdf
Hope it shed some lights into diff between canon and nikon.
Thanks DeSwitch. Very informative.
It's definitely not motion blur for this shot of yours although with 1/60sec at 290mm, you'll need quite a steady hand which I can see you have. You didn't mention what make is your 100-300mm although for many normal telephoto lenses they tend to be "softer" towards the end of the range but in your case as in the example, I see there's relatively sharp focus towards the front limb and the tiny branch the animal is resting on (notice the relatively narrow DOF at 290mm F5.6). So, what that means is that either your focus is slightly off or that your lense tend to be sharper at the front of whatever you were trying to focus on. May I know which part of the animal were you trying to focus on? Did you also do a kind of lock focus on the part you are focusing on and then reframe before you take your shot? Sometimes this contribute to some level of slightly out of focus considering the DOF is so narrow. I suppose you know that you should usually set to focus on the "eyes" of your subjects.
Is it me or the camera? :dunno:
I'm getting pretty sick of the "softness" in all my pics... taken with the 400D.
I miss those really sharp and crisp pictures. :bheart:
Anyone facing the same "problem" as me?
I've been playing with the EF100mm f/2.8 MACRO USM.